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HaBO: Captain Buys Her Soft, Leather Gloves

This HaBO request comes from Jacquie, who wants to find this Harlequin romance: I stumbled upon your website from Reddit. There is a book I have been trying to track down for years, with zero luck. Here goes: It was a Harlequin historical romance novel, from before 2000 (I think likely from the 1980s or 1990s. I think I read it around 1998…it probably wasn’t new then though). The man in the story was a … Continue reading HaBO: Captain Buys Her Soft, Leather Gloves

HaBO: Grumpy Coworker Never Comes into the Office

This HaBO request is from Jenny, who wants to find this romance: The book focuses on a female main character and I think she lives in a big city like NYC, London, Chicago. She has a problem at her work and decides to get help from a very grumpy partner who is always the first one in the office and the last one out, always has his door shut and everyone tries to avoid him. … Continue reading HaBO: Grumpy Coworker Never Comes into the Office

HaBO: She Takes “Maidenhead” Too Literally

This HaBO comes from Kim, who wants to find this historical romance: The book is about a young woman who goes to live with a duke(?) she is supposed to marry. This aristocrat has a twin brother who lives in the mansion (the hero of course). The young woman believes that her “maidenhead” is her actual head and when the twin sees it, she panics and yell at him for “taking her maidenhead.” The duke … Continue reading HaBO: She Takes “Maidenhead” Too Literally

HaBO: She Falls for Her Late Dad’s Best Friend

This HaBO is from Alyssa, who wants to find age-gap romance. Trigger warnings for pregnancy complications in the description below: I’m going out of my mind not being able to find this book again! I read it last year on Kindle Unlimited and I can’t find it anywhere. Its not really all that dark but more of a taboo relationship. It’s an age-gap romance. I think there’s like a 15-16 year age gap and the … Continue reading HaBO: She Falls for Her Late Dad’s Best Friend

HaBO: Time-Traveling Heroine Believed to be a Spy

This HaBO is from Kathrin, who wants to find this historical romance: Please can you help me! The book might have been a Harlequin historical romance. I read it a good 20 years ago. The heroine is in the modern day and travels to Scotland to a castle, which has a portrait of an unknown woman. She somehow travels back in time, where she’s discovered by the hero who thinks she’s a spy (?). He … Continue reading HaBO: Time-Traveling Heroine Believed to be a Spy

HaBO: Heroine Saved from Fae Zoo by an Incubus

This HaBO comes from Toni-Rose, who is hoping to identify this romance: I read a book last year, or at least I think I did, because I can’t remember the name and I can’t find it. The premise of the story is that a shifter rejected her mate and then was locked up in a cell as she was to be executed. The executioner sent to kill her ends up changing his mind and sparing … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Saved from Fae Zoo by an Incubus

HaBO: Heroine with Digestive Disease

This HaBO request is from Alison, who is hoping to find this romance: I’m trying to remember a book I read and have neither the title or author. She has IBS or Crohn’s or UC. She goes on a vacation-ish and ends up staying in a friend’s family vacation house. The brother is fixing up said house. Grumpy/ sunshine romance begins. He has/finds a dog and begrudgingly takes care of it. They go to a … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine with Digestive Disease

HaBO: Vintage Comic Search!

This HaBO is from Full Metal Ox, who is hoping to find this romance comic: This one has been causing me a nagging itch in the brain; I recall having seen—probably on some incarnation of Scans Daily on a platform other than Dreamwidth—a U.S. romance comic from the 1940s or 1950s that had an anthology host, something more characteristic of horror comics. He was a Zorro-esque Masked Lover who narrated love stories throughout history (and … Continue reading HaBO: Vintage Comic Search!

HaBO: She Hacks into His Company

This HaBO comes from Jessica, who is looking for this romance: I’m looking for a romance where the heroine hacks into the hero’s company just because she can and he’s looking for who did it. I’m pretty sure they end up working together and she hacks into his smart home just to mess with him. She specifically programmed it to have her voice and watched him freak out. I remember he gave her a nickname … Continue reading HaBO: She Hacks into His Company

HaBO: Hot Air Balloon Lovin’

This HaBO is from Beatriz, who wants to find this romance: It must have been 20 years ago when I read it. Historical romance, possibly Regency era or before. They were in a hot air balloon and he sat her on the edge of it while they were in the air (!!!) and used ropes from the balloon to secure her there while he undressed her and did alllll kinds of things to her. I … Continue reading HaBO: Hot Air Balloon Lovin’

HaBO: Heroine Keeps Shy Friend Away from Rakish Hero

This HaBO comes from Amberly, who is looking for this historical romance: I am in desperate need of help, as many are. This book is driving me crazy. I remember so many small details, but nothing concrete enough to google! This is a summary of what I remember: The book was a historical romance. The heroine was a sort of plain Jane lady-in-waiting to her higher class friend/possible cousin. They attended events during courtship season. … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine Keeps Shy Friend Away from Rakish Hero

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